Regents to consider tuition increases
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on a proposal that would increase tuition on all campuses through the next five years.
The proposal is on the agenda for today’s 9 a.m. meeting at the Hawaii Carpenters Union Training Center at 2040 Lauwiliwili St. in Kapolei.
Under the proposal presented to regents in August, annual tuition at Manoa would rise by 35 percent over the next five years for a resident undergraduate student — to $11,376 a year in 2016 from the current $8,400 a year. Resident tuition at UH-West Oahu would go up 49 percent over five years, to $7,656 in 2016-2017, from $5,136 this year, equal to what UH-Hilo students would pay.
Inouye falls victim to credit card fraud
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye was a victim of a credit card fraud, and a suspect was arrested, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Trianna Chenee Moss, 20, appeared in a DeKalb County court Monday accused of helping two other people buy $12,000 worth of Walmart gift cards and other merchandise using counterfeit credit cards with real account numbers encoded on the magnetic strip early this year. Her preliminary hearing Monday was postponed until Nov. 28.
Moss was indicted in May on one count of identity theft and credit card fraud.
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Answers sought into burglary at Puna home
Hawaii County police are seeking information about a burglary and attempted arson in Puna last weekend.
Police said suspects pried open the front door, took electronic items from inside and then attempted to burn the house at a home on Ohia Street in the Eden Roc subdivision sometime between Saturday and Sunday.
The home’s front stairway and a vehicle in the garage were damaged.
Police ask that anyone with information about this case call officer Greg Karonis at 965-2716 or the Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
Fourth-graders return rare birds to wild
More than 45 fourth-grade students from Wilcox Elementary School helped release five young Newell’s shearwaters back into the wild Tuesday as part of the annual E Ho’opomaika’i ‘ia na Manu ‘A’o (A Cultural Release of the Native Newell’s Shearwater) event.
"This is a very special opportunity for Kauai students to personally experience the difference they can make in the lives of these endangered seabirds," said William J. Aila Jr., director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
About 90 percent of the world’s population of Newell’s shearwaters is found on Kauai. The species is endemic to Hawaii, meaning it is found nowhere else in the world.
The species is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and its population has declined about 75 percent in recent years.
